6 May 2012

Got another course of shingles put on before it was time to take the Ranger up to Junction Auto for restorative welding and pocketbook draining.  Got there 20 minutes earlier than previously arranged only to find Alverta already waiting.  We returned to Fern Lake by 10:30 and I set Alverta up with a cozy work station in the sun where she could apply stain to the shingle butt end grain… a critical but very time-consuming step.  While she did that, I put up another course of shingles.  Then it was time for a huge lasagna and butter fudge finger lunch.  This being a union shop, after lunch Alverta got to take a nap while I applied stain to shingles on the wall.  Perry stopped by to give us each some wild leeks that he had harvested in his secret undisclosed location.  (Hint: it starts with “C” as in Cheney.)  He went away with a food offering for Lynne.  Alverta headed back north at 5:00, declaring that she’d had so much fun she might even come back again… next year.  I continued working until I couldn’t go any higher without adding the next level of scaffolding… a good time to quit.  All told, got seven courses put up today, with only six more to go on this wall.  For some reason I’m just not hungry for dinner…